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Hey, y’all! My name is Randi, and I’m a Midwestern born Southerner. I am a wedding coordinator through and through.

I graduated from University of Georgia with a degree in History, and immediately went off track and began working as a corporate trainer. I then moved onto web content management. But it didn’t take long for me to land back at my passion…weddings and events. I started Carry Your Heart Events after working several weddings and feeling one thing in my heart – every single woman deserves a beautiful and stress-free wedding. Every single mother deserves to spend her daughter’s wedding day focused on her family, and not on the table numbers or the band tip. A daddy needs to prepare himself for that walk down the aisle with his baby girl on his arm, not toting decorative windows up and down stairs. And a bride…well, she deserves the world and her new husband is about to give it to her. So here I am and I am in LOVE with what I do.

My motto is love what you love, and I do…I don’t try to fit into trends. I love what I love, and it makes me happy.

Seeing the first dance and the father/daughter dance makes me cry…every.single.time. The love during those two moments just overwhelms me. But don’t worry, I bring my own tissues.

I am a mama and a wife. My husband and my two daughters light my world and give me my strength. My husband is our family rock and my daughters are a constant source of laughter.

I love pimento cheese, coffee, wine, dessert, thrift store shopping, crafting days with my friends, and going to the park!

Weddings are personal for me. Every single bride becomes part of my family and my heart, and her wedding day is just as special for her as it is for me.

- See more at: http://www.carryyourheartevents.com/about-us/#sthash.5dpVG1uM.dpuf

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Frequently asked questions

What is the starting price for day-of wedding coordination?

$800

What is the starting price for partial wedding planning?

$1,220

What is the starting price for full wedding planning?

4,983.00

Do you offer an hourly rate?

Yes

What is the hourly rate?

$100

What wedding events do you provide services for?

Ceremony
Reception
Rehearsal Dinner

What wedding planning services do you offer?

Day-of Coordination
Full Planning
Partial Planning

What weddings do you have experience planning?

Civil
Cultural
Destination
Double Weddings
Eco-Friendly
Military
Non-Religious
Religious

How many planners are on your team?

1
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Reviews of Carry Your Heart Events, LLC

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Krista Sent on 02/13/2017
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As a photographer, I work closely with wedding planners and coordinators- both on the wedding day and in the weeks and months leading up to it- and Randi is the very best. I recommend her to my couples all the time because when she's handling everything, everything is perfect. She's meticulously organized, incredibly communicative with myself and other vendors, and is the epitome of team player- and because a wedding can be stressful and overwhelming and has so many moving parts, having a true team of vendors coming together for your wedding is so important. She jumps in and helps in a million different ways on the wedding day too, yet still gracefully keeps everything and everyone calm and peaceful so that the couple and their families can enjoy the wedding day and not worry about a thing. She genuinely cares about her couples and is truly invested in every wedding day, and anyone who brings her on board for their wedding is lucky to have her.
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B6421C86686C7D176E682F87Db1E3A27A55Cb877 Sent on 10/26/2016
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I cannot say enough nice things about Randi -- she is so knowledgeable, organized and friendly, but most of all she is very down to earth, which was really important to me in choosing a day-of coordinator. When we first started planning our wedding I thought that we didn't need a day-of coordinator and I'm so glad I came around because I wouldn't have wanted to ask our friends and family to take care of setting up, tearing down, making things go smoothly, etc. I also really love how genuinely interested Randi was in our wedding and you can tell Randi loves what she does!

We booked Randi a few months before the wedding and she was so helpful from the get-go! I had a lot of ideas and had booked all the major vendors, but felt overwhelmed thinking about the small details. Randi listened to all of my ideas and helped me make sense of them & get my to-do list together. It was also really important to me that she listened to our thoughts about our wedding because we left out a lot of the traditional trappings and she was so supportive of this.

Randi made sure we all knew what we were doing during the ceremony, even though we were all clueless before the rehearsal. On the day of the wedding, Randi was there bright and early to start setting up, but took the time to bring me an iced coffee, which pretty much sums up how sweet she is! Having Randi to coordinate the arrival of our vendors was amazing! I didn't worry about any of it and in hindsight that's one of the biggest blessings of booking a coordinator! She came up with our whole timeline ahead of time, making sure to collaborate with our photographer & gave us time to spend aone together after the ceremony. If there were any issues the day-of, I never knew about them! Randi did an amazing job setting up the reception! Randi exceeded our expectations with the setup and I couldn't stop marveling at how beautiful everything was! We are so lucky we got to work with such an amazing person!
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Carmen Sent on 09/21/2016
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I hired Randi of Carry Your Heart Events to be my wedding coordinator and it was the BEST decision I made during my wedding planning process and I could not have imagined my wedding day without her. The first time I had a call with her to discuss my wedding planning, she listened to all of my ideas and even offered suggestions, which was helpful as I had no idea what I was doing. She would reach out and check up on me periodically to see how my planning was coming along, which meant that she genuinely cared about me and if I needed any of her help. The couple weeks leading up to my wedding, she helped me draft a very detailed wedding day timeline and the week before the wedding, she reached out to all of my vendors to confirm their arrival time on the day of my wedding. I didn't realize it then but this helped out tremendously because I was so exhausted from planning the week before my wedding and by her doing this, it alleviated some of the stress I was having.

Also, couldn't have imagined my wedding rehearsal without Randi as my husband and I had no idea what we were doing and she was so good at getting everyone's attention and letting the bridal party know where to stand, etc. She arrived early for both the rehearsal and on the day of my wedding and went promptly to work on setting up the guest book table and decorations for the ceremony. She took care of everything on the day of my wedding and honestly I feel like everything was absolutely perfect because of her. I never knew of anything that went wrong because I feel like she quietly and secretly took care of it, which probably was the best or I would have freaked out. She even stayed after my ceremony was over to help clean up and put my decorations back in my hotel room, which made checking out that much easier. What I loved about Randi is that she is super sweet, genuinely cares about you and your wedding, and is very detailed oriented. I would 110% recommend her because she is truly the best!
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Krista Turner Photography Krista Turner Photography Wedding Photographers

Randi of Carry Your Heart Events is, hands-down, one of the most professional and thoughtful coordinators I have ever worked alongside. As a photographer, I work closely with wedding planners and coordinators all the time and Randi is 100% on top of every last detail- she keeps me posted from the beginning about timelines, family dynamics, venue policies, and everything else. Weddings have many moving parts, and it's so important for all the vendors to come together and function as one big team- and at every wedding I have worked with Randi on, the entire day has had the most wonderful, peaceful team atmosphere. (I just wish I knew her years ago when I had my own wedding! Her couples are lucky to have her.)

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